Legal Opinion

Taft v. Cerwonka

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided August 5, 1981No. 79-336-AppealPublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Earl W. Taft and his wife, Marian F. Taft, brought this civil action to recover for the alleged wrongful death of their daughter, Beverly A. Taft (Beverly), alleging that the negligence of the defendant Eric A. Cerwonka (Cerwonka) in operating a motor vehicle was the proximate cause of their daughter’s death. Because the defendant Cerwonka, and the defendant Richard A. Miller (Miller), the owner of the vehicle, were uninsured at the time of the fatal mishap, the plaintiffs also filed a complaint against their insurer, Allstate Insurance Company…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Barbato v. EpsteinSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1964
  2. Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. v. StanfieldKentucky Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Blocker v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. Tucker v. Government Employees Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1973
  5. Kemp v. Allstate InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 1979

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Utica Mutual Insurance v. ContriscianeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  2. Nationwide Insurance v. GodeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
  3. Russell v. State Automobile Mutual InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Thompson v. GRANGE INSURANCECourt of Appeals of Washington · 1983
  5. Lopez Ex Rel. Estate of Lopez v. Foundation Reserve InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1982

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